Chapter 255: Rivalry
McMillan was a bit blind and it wasn't a good thing to let the opponent extend the margin to double digits at the end of the third quarter, but he was silent as he watched the players walk off the court one by one. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 InfoAlmost everyone's jersey is already soaked, and if you look closely, you can see some sweat dripping from the edge of the pants, shining in the stadium lights, it is obvious that they have used up a lot of energy in the past 12 minutes, and the most important thing for them now is rest, otherwise at the last minute, they will be playing hard, let alone equalizing or even overtaking.
He shook his head, looked at them and said, "I'm going to let the other players play for four minutes in the last quarter, and that's also a break for you, I know everyone is tired in the third quarter, the Lakers are a strong team both offensively and defensively, but the team still needs your strength in the final moments." Then he looked at the rotation players and said in a deep voice: "So in the first four minutes I need you to do your best on the court, don't be afraid to consume physical strength, the minimum I give you is not to let the Lakers open up the score gap, as long as it can be maintained at about 10 points, we have the hope of winning the game." Do you have any comments? ”
A hand was raised abruptly and said loudly, "I have an opinion!" Everyone turned their heads and looked, all of them were taken aback, and it was Ye Feng who was still pouring sports drinks on the side who raised objections, he wiped the corners of his mouth, he didn't stand up, but his aura was unusually powerful.
Although he is one of the most important players for the Trail Blazers, McMillan did not give him a good look at this time, in his opinion, the most important thing for these starters is to rest, and the team should not make a second voice at such a critical time. But he still held back his anger and asked in a deep voice: "Ye, do you have any opinions, hurry up, we don't have much time, you have to know that you all need time to rest, otherwise you won't be able to make it to the end." ”
Ye Feng nodded and said, "I know, Brandon and they can go to rest, but I want to go up and play!" ”
McMillan snorted, slammed the tactical board on the ground, and said angrily, "Idiot, do you know what you're talking about? You're going to kill the team! I don't care what your reason is, just sit on the bench and try to recover my strength, and I'll let you play when there are eight minutes left. He took a few breaths, picked up the tactical board, and said, "Now I'll draw you a tactical ...... for the fourth quarter."
But before he could start explaining the tactics, Ye Feng interrupted him again: "I'm sorry coach, but please let me play." ”
McMillan glared at him and said solemnly, "Give me a reason, or you kid will keep me on the bench." ”
Ye Feng replied: "Now Kobe Bryant feels very hot, I don't know if he will play the fourth quarter, but whether he will play the whole game, I hope to be able to help the team on the offensive end." The Lakers' defense is really scary, so I think I'm going to step up and score now, at least get the score close to a decent range before Kobe Bryant comes on the court, so we can have a chance to win. If I had played with Kobe, the team would have been less fortunate. So let me play, I can withstand it! ”
Looking at Ye Feng's determined eyes, McMillan sighed, nodded, and began to draw tactics for the players. He didn't think what Ye Feng said was very reasonable, but now there was no other way, he had to let the team's best scorer go on the court to fight the Lakers.
Soon the fourth quarter of the game began, the Trail Blazers' lineup is Fernandez-Ye Feng-Batum-Huo Ershu Camby, this is not a very defensive lineup, but McMillan does not plan to use defense to compete with the Lakers, he prefers that the team will use offense to recover the disadvantage. The Lakers did not send Kobe Bryant, but used the lineup of Fisher-Vujacic-Wharton Jr.-Powell-Bynum, and Ye Feng was happy in his heart: It seems that there is hope to quickly equalize the score.
The Trailblazers' lineup is very different from the inside and outside, the inside is defensive and the outside is offensive, and the three people on the outside have a good shot, which can give Ye Feng more room to move. Ye Feng himself also showed the initiative, asking Fernandez for the ball almost every round, and then directly holding the ball to single Vujasic. The Slovenian obviously can't resist Ye Feng, his appearance is good, and he has a bit of ruthlessness in front of Ye Feng, but he is still a little bad in front of Ye Feng, because his defense is really a little rough, and Ye Feng made a few feints to make his defense a joke.
When he hit back-to-back shots to help the Trail Blazers narrow the gap to four points, Phil couldn't sit still, and he quickly switched to the full lineup, hoping to fight to the death with the opponent in the hope of a battle to the death, and there were still nine minutes left before the end of the game. McMillan knew that he had to replace several other starters in advance, while Ye Feng remained on the court. Originally, McMillan was a little worried about his state, and Ye Feng's face was indeed a little pale, but as soon as the ball came to his hands, his eyes would become bright, as if all the fatigue had left his body at that moment, not to mention that his shooting percentage remained at a fairly good level.
So when Kobe Bryant came on the court, Ye Feng hit a dry three-point shot on Artest outside the three-point line, and it was ***, which made Artai feel very faceless, and the score gap was narrowed to 1 point. But Bryant didn't show any weakness, he turned around and hit a three-pointer against Bayless in almost the same position, which also caused Bayless's foul and made the ball safe at the free throw line. Anyone can see that this is Kobe's response to Ye Feng, and he used a four-point performance to tell the Trail Blazers that he and the Lakers will not lose this game.
In the following time, the two sides gave the ball to Kobe Bryant and Ye Feng very tacitly, even if they are not in the same position now, but they can easily send the ball into the basket when facing their own defenders, and the point difference has been fluctuating in a small range, but no one has the ability to directly kill the opponent in one breath. The Lakers want to open the score, the Trail Blazers want to equalize or even overtake, but neither side can do it, the reason is that Kobe Bryant and Ye Feng can always play AnswerBall and give the opponent a strong response, they all know that every shot they make is pinning on the expectations of the whole team, it looks stubborn, but it has to be done, this kind of performance we generally call it: bursting with confidence.